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Locating Chinese Children's Books
To find children's books written in Chinese, go to the library catalog and do a Subject Heading search for Chinese language books -- Juvenile fiction.
Books can be found on the second floor of the Library in the Youth Collection. The first part of the call number will indicate the collection:
- BOARD = Board Book Collection
- PICTURE = Picture Book Collection
- CHAPTER = Chapter Book Collection
- YOUNG ADULT = Young Adult Collection
Bilingual Books
An's Seed = An de zhong zi by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.W3649 An 2016The master gave Ben, Jing, and An one dormant lotus seed each. Ben ran off to look for a hoe and buried his seed in the snow-covered ground. Jing chose the best flowerpot and compost. An led his everyday life as usual, waiting patiently until spring came.
Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes by Call Number: PICTURE PZ8.3.W84 Chi 2010A collection of nursery rhymes in English and Chinese, some originating from each tradition, interspersed with facts about Chinese culture and traditions.
Chun Tian de Niao Chao = A Nest in Springtime: A Bilingual Book of Numbers by Call Number: BOARD BOOK / YANG, B. / NEST IN SPRING.With the arrival of spring, wild geese nest and hatch eggs for the reader to count in this bilingual story that introduces Chinese numbers and other common words.
Huo T'ui Chia Lü Tan = Green Eggs and Ham by Call Number: PICTURE PZ8.3.G276 Gr 1992chIn verse, Sam-I-am tells of the virtues of green eggs and ham.
Hurry Home, Hedgehog! by Call Number: BOARD BOOK / YANG, B. / HURRY HOMEWet weather is coming - whoosh! Hedgehog hurries along - pitter patter. What other sounds does he hear along the way?
Ming's Adventure with Confucius in Qufu: A Story in English and Chinese by Li Jian by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.L5553 Min 2015After finding out that Ming is learning the teachings of Confucius or Master Kong in school, his parents decide to take him on a special trip to Qufu where he is magically transported back to the past and meets the famous philosopher.
Mulan: A Story in English and Chinese by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.L5553 Mul 2014There was once an extraordinary girl who was as beautiful as she was brave. She knew how to read and write and sew. She loved to ride horses and shoot her bow and arrows. But it was the love for her family and her father that made her into a great soldier.
The Sheep Beauty: A Story in English and Chinese by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.L5553 Sh 2014A physician rescues an injured sheep, and his kindness is repaid in a surprising way.
Squirrel Round and Round: A Bilingual Book of Seasons by Call Number: BOARD BOOK / YANG, B. / SQUIRREL ROUNDSquirrel is busy all year long, from one season into the next and back again. Birds feed their babies in spring, fireflies wink on a summer night, yellow leaves flutter in fall, and squirrel makes fresh tracks in winter's snow.
The Water Dragon: A Chinese Legend by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.L5553 Wat 2012A little boy, Ah Bao sets off in search of the Water Dragon, to save his village from a mysterious drought.
Wo men qu yuan zu ba! = Let's Go on a Hike by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.1.L58 LET 2021Discover all the wonders of nature with this beautifully illustrated book all about a little boy on a hike with his dad, mom, and Archie, the corgi.
Xīn Nián Dào = This Next New Year by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.W842115 Th 2014A family prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year and looks forward to the good luck they hope it will bring.
Zheng He, the Great Chinese Explorer: A Bilingual Story of Adventure and Discovery by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.L5553 Zh 2015Follow the adventures of the great Chinese explorer Zheng He (1371-1433) during the renowned Ming Dynasty in this illustrated bilingual book. The young Zheng He dreamed of foreign lands, his imagination awakened by a porcelain vase his grandfather and father brought home from overseas. It became his goal to find this stunning cobalt color but the road to fulfilling this dream was not a straight one.
Picture Books
- Bie Rang Ge Zi Kai Ba Shi! [Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!] by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.W65535 Don 2012chNo matter how hard he pleads and begs, the pigeon is not supposed to drive the bus while the driver is away, but pigeon tries every persuasive trick a young child knows to get you to say, "Yes."
Hao e De Mao Mao Chong [The Very Hungry Caterpillar] by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.C21476 Ve 2008chFollows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.
Huang Yu Fen Hong [Yellow and Pink] by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.S8177 Ye 2002chTwo painted wooden figures argue about where they came from, whether they just happened by accident or were created by some other being.
Mang Mang Lu Lu Zhen [What Do People Do All Day?] by Call Number: PICTURE PZ10.S26 Wh 2007chAn illustrated panorama of the animals of Busytown at work, describing the occupations and activities of many of the citizens through detailed drawings with labels indicating processes and equipment used as they perform their jobs.
Rang Lu Gei Xiao Ya Zi [Make Way for Ducklings] by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.M1336 Mak 2009chMr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.
Yue Liang Dan Gao: Yue Liang, Sheng Ri Kuai Le [Happy Birthday, Moon] by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.A778 Hap 2014chWhen a bear discovers that the moon shares his birthday, he buys the moon a beautiful hat as a present.
Zai Jian, Gu'Nashi Xiao Tu: Yi Wai de Zhuan Xiang [Knuffle Bunny Free] by Call Number: PICTURE PZ7.W65535 Knuf 2012chWhile traveling with her family to Holland to visit her grandparents, Trixie once again loses her beloved Knuffle Bunny.- 玛德琳= Madelin by Call Number: PICTURE PZ8.3.B425 Mad 2014chMadeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
Advanced Chapter Books
Hali Bote Yu Mo Fa Shi [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone] by Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.R79835 Hao 2000chRescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Mo Fa Hui Gu Niang [Ella Enchanted] by Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.L578345 El 2011chIn this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
Mo Shu Shi De Xiao Xiang [The Magician's Elephant] by Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.D5455 Mag 2010chWhen ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
Mu Guang Zhi Cheng. Mu Se [Twilight] by Call Number: YOUNG ADULT PZ7.M5717515 Tw 2008chWhen seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
Na Yi Nian Zai Nai Nai Jia [A Year Down Under] by Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.P338 Yh 2001chIn 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.
Neng Yan Ma Yu Nan Hai [The Horse and His Boy] by Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.L58474 Ch 2005ch v.3A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
Poxi Jiekesen: Shen Huo Zhi Zei [The Lightning Thief] by Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.R4829 Li 2009chAfter learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Xialuo de Wang [Charlotte's Web] by Call Number: CHAPTER PZ7.W58277 Ch 2004chWilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
